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Suzy’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Suzy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Suzy Davies
Goodreads Author
Born
in Reading, Berkshire, England., The United Kingdom
August 07
Genre
Influences
J.R.Tolkein, Jane Yolen, C. S. Lewis,Joanne Harris, Dr. Seuss, Shakes
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Member Since
September 2014
Suzy Davies is an award-winning children's author, who hails from a background in education, counseling and life coaching. Born in Reading, England, she spent much of her childhood in Wales, where her love of birds, animals and nature developed.
Inspired by her own childhood and her knowledge of children, Suzy aims to write fun, lighthearted books to make kids feel good. She believes that when readers are entertained, they learn naturally.
Suzy's YA book, a retelling of The Snow Queen, takes on a darker tone, reflecting Suzy's love of magical fairy tales with Jungian archetypes.
In all Suzy's books, there is a touch of magic.
In addition to writing picture books, middle grade and ya books, Suzy pursues her love of music, and a children's music ...more
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Doing what I love. And sometimes, solitude.
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Luna The Moon Pig: The Pig Who Hid
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The Girl in The Red Cape
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Snugs The Snow Bear (Snugs Series #1)
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The Snow Queen
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Housie Mousie and The Big Cheese
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Johari's Window
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The Cave
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Housie Mousie and the Christmas Crow
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On Writing Settings
When writing settings, the main thing to do is to put the reader there. Perhaps the most important place is the start of your story. Use all the senses to convince the reader they are experiencing the same sensations as your protagonists.
Settings should be used to show off character to full advantage. Think of the places your main character would typically be in/visit, and draw attention to aspect Read more of this blog post »
Settings should be used to show off character to full advantage. Think of the places your main character would typically be in/visit, and draw attention to aspect Read more of this blog post »
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Suzy Davies
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Ruth Hull Chatlien:
My answer isn't very original, but perhaps my reason is. My favorite couple is Elizabeth and Darcy from Pride and Prejudice. Why? It was a great comfort to me as an adolescent to read a story about a girl who came from a very dysfunctional family and
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“Books are a portable kind of time travel. We go back as well as forward when we read them. When we come back into the now, after being immersed in worlds previously unknown to us, we find ourselves, transformed. Touched by their magic, nothing we ever perceived beforehand remains quite the same.”
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“Libraries are like caves. They are places of transformation. There are secrets hidden within those walls.”
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“I want to sling a stone, a small rock into a pool, see it ripple. I want to shake a tree, create a small storm..”
― Johari's Window
― Johari's Window
“Look at the moon," sighed Housie..."Is it true, Ratty, what they say?"
"Not really, I don't think it's really made of cheese," breathed Ratty. The river seemed to sigh with the motion of the oar, in and out of the water.
"Why not?" asked Housie Mousie.
"Someone would have eaten it long ago!" Ratty replied.”
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"Not really, I don't think it's really made of cheese," breathed Ratty. The river seemed to sigh with the motion of the oar, in and out of the water.
"Why not?" asked Housie Mousie.
"Someone would have eaten it long ago!" Ratty replied.”
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“The light of the Moon reminds us that when we share the light of others, we shine in our own unique way”
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“Writers are method actors. They become their character. They feel what he or she feels. They switch between viewpoints, always with a clear sense of their own selves as writers, and yet somehow losing themselves in their Art”
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“The lady replied in a voice holding all the magic of the winter solstice. Her voice drew him in, chiming softly in the wind.”
― The Snow Queen
― The Snow Queen
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